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I was trying to work out what they used, guessing it's either Kei truck or Jimny based?

Wonder if any of the small awd Japanese cars would have a strong enough rear diff? Perhaps the Swift or Yaris?

Standard 8 before that iirc. More than 100bhp I'd be looking at the TR/2500 diff. Would be surprised if there wasn't an off the shelf kit for the upgrade over the years.

Iirc the GT6 has the Herald "small car" diff, shared with the normal Dolomite and Marina. The Marina axle was used in the Caterham 7, the half shafts fail before the diff. The Group 2 rally Marina 1300 had 130bhp and a lsd in the standard diff and never broke one (and had class wins on the RAC and 1000 Lakes WRC rallies). The Dolomite Sprint had the TR "big car" diff, plenty strong iirc. @VitesseEFI will be your font of knowledge. 😊

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I think the Six also got 165x13 tyres instead of 155x13.

Someone with a Marina Six parts book could check the speedo part number, but it will be different because of the higher 3.70 diff ratio.

Certainly, sort out the distributor, then check the carb isn't worn, which can lead to air leaks around the spindle and so on. Have a read of @kws's Marina thread, he had issues with his HS6 iirc.

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That's wicked, seriously jealous of your skill (and patience).

You're right, Shell SAE 40 oil. The poster of a guy on an electric guitar would date it at least late 60s, more likely 70s, looks more like Jimmy Page than Jimi Hendrix.

Not to mention those plastic fuel cans.

Sounds like you're setting yourself up for a beating from the audiophiles...

Cool. The vinyl on my Pye Isotronic has also suffered sun damage, mostly shrinkage on the corners, sounds like it wouldn't be too hard to replace?

That's an "O" for awesome.

Do it in RNZAF livery. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_PBY_Catalina_in_New_Zealand_service

Good to see the Marina out and about. Will have to see if there's an Auckland branch of the MECCNZ. I wonder if the Ital was brought out by NZMC to evaluate for local assembly? Station wagons were big sellers back then, the Marina wagon was very popular, and they might have wanted to compare it to the forthcoming Honda Civic wagon, before deciding which one to assemble locally. iirc there was one in the British Car Museum selloff, so possibly that one.

And some of those "our family" stickers

Got to be in the right artistic movement

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The front seats were designed to look like a bench seat.

I thought the same thing, then thought the Datsun name was long gone by then. Won't fall for that trick again. lol

Barra swap, practice your Gentleman Jum "you're a pack of arseholes" speech (in Japanese). 😉

You're crazy...

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